This is it. After years of research and development, we're happy — and proud — to release xTuple 4.0, the first version to include our new Mobile Web client with over 400 new enhancements to what we now refer to as the "Desktop client" — including a new Social Desktop featuring integrated intra-company Instant Messaging, Cost Plus Pricing, Enhanced Job Costing and significant enhancements to Projects and Corporate Relationship Management. But the Mobile Web client is truly a game-changer...
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Open innovator rounds out management team with co-founder of OpenProj (now ProjectLibre)
Effective December 1, 2012, Marc O’Brien joins the xTuple management team as Vice President of Business Development following on three solid quarters of the company’s record sales.
CEO Ned Lilly said, "Marc’s focus will be on evangelizing xTuple as a product, a...
Startup America , touring the Commonwealth of Virginia this month, learned about unique cultures and communities — startups and the people associated with them. The tour stopped at xTuple headquarters in Norfolk for a TechMeetup on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Donna Harris and Mary Simonds of StartupAmerica brought knowledge, experience — and encouraging words — to all of the entrepreneurs...
As many of you know we have been working hard on our next generation Mobile Web client platform that will enable xTuple users to use the application through a browser on both desktop and mobile devices. What you may not know is that this is the first business management system written that uses JavaScript in all layers including the database, the data service and at the application layer....
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What is your Herby*? Everyone has at least one.
Product Enthusiast, Mike Atherton , opens one of his regular xTuple training weeks with, "I've taught more xTuple classes and accomplished more implementations of the ERP platform than anyone on the planet."
He added, "But what I'm really known for is my low-key, retiring personality."
All jokes aside, Atherton is a...
I am Jen Hobbs, xTuple Graphic Artist. As you all have noticed over the past few months, the marketing department has been working hard to update the xTuple.com website. The new look and functionality has inspired a website clean up for all of the pages. Each individual page is being updated, and the new organization of the pages makes the site easier to navigate.
One of my recent...
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Global open source accounting, ERP and CRM software innovator posts another quarter of record revenues
Fueled by a surge of new customers in manufacturing and distribution, commercial open source software vendor xTuple reported its second consecutive record quarter of sales for 2012 — and pushed ahead with its groundbreaking new Mobile Web application strategy...
Ever dreamed of your customers or sales reps being able to place and track xTuple orders from anywhere on the web? Ever wished you could let customers or employees log and track xTuple tickets or incidents from anywhere on the web? You can make your dreams a reality and you can do the basics yourself.
xTuple's Web Portal software enables you to give users that don't have access to your...
By Lydia Wheeler
In 2011, the U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded the Hampton Roads Partnership half a million dollars. The cost-sharing grant, split into two $250,000 payments over two years, went to Innovate!HamptonRoads, a multi-faceted partnership initiative focused on growing businesses locally.
We are in the final phases of beta testing for our landmark release of xTuple 4.0. If you have followed xTuple for a while, you know we are modest with our version numbering. The current release, 3.8.x, is really the 17th major release of the xTuple software. And we save the big version numbers for something special...
If you are currently involved in an xTuple implementation — or you are getting ready to start one — then you need to consider attending the upcoming Project Management and Implementation Methodologies (PMIM) class. This remote training opportunity will be conducted over two days next week, Wed/Thurs November 7-8. Led by xTuple Training Director Mike Atherton, this class will provide you with...
By DarkDuck
xTuple's PostBooks®-based ERP tool is built using a client-server model, which means that there are few installation requirements on the part of the client — so low-cost machinery can be deployed from the word go, leaving your hardware investment options open. If the mobility-cum-power afforded by notebook computers suits your business, that's possible. If you need to go...
Was recently putting some thoughts together on the tipping point for a business to finally make the plunge and replace their ERP system, and it seems that many "experts" and "articles" like to include the cloud or "The Cloud" in this discussion. Recalling an event where Oracles' Larry Ellison expressed his opinion of the cloud.
"The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've...
By Proformative
My CTO swears he can build my company a better ERP using open source ERP tools than we could buy from an Oracle or SAP (or any lower-end company). I respectfully disagree, but I can’t just let it sit there without an answer because I have never used open source for financials. Does anyone here have experience with open source ERP and is it great or a disaster or neither...
Roy Sutton, developer relations engineer at Enyo (Hewlett Packard's HTML5 platform) , discussed Enyo, originally developed for the HP TouchPad, the ill-fated webOS Palm tablet. The modern HTML5-focused JavaScript framework was born and lives on. Enyo has been updated to work on all modern browsers, mobile and desktop. It is not just another JavaScript framework; all the others work nicely with...
Jared Romey started his beauty products distribution business, Romey Inc., back in 2005. In 2007, he brought his brother Dustin into the business to help with its rapid expansion. At the time, they gave little thought to the business software they would need to run the business. Dustin was a Mac user and Jared quickly became one. They knew they wanted something they could use on the Mac to...
Four years ago, Ken Moore decided that there had to be a way to cut down his IT costs at his Kenosha, Wisconsin, manufacturing company, Cordeck (www.cordeck.com). Cordeck is a full-service manufacturer and stocking distributor of corrugated steel deck, flashing, trim, and building construction accessories. Cordeck does not have an in-house IT staff, and Ken was tired of seeing the local IT...
Ardent xTuple-watchers may have noticed that we've had a longer-than-usual development cycle for our upcoming 4.0 release. When the final release arrives in a few months it will coincide with the release of our mobile/web client, which has been a huge development effort. At the same time, we have been developing some new features that will tune the product for the Wholesale Distribution market...
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Software innovator and ERP veteran to deliver technology solutions for distributors and manufacturers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
xTuple, global leader in commercial open source business management software for growing companies, announces its partnership with AKA Computer Consulting, Inc., (AKA). xTuple and AKA together will deliver enterprise-level...